wolfgang puck dinners? you eat well? i mean, it's so absurd. >> so people said the conferences were okay, that they learned a lot. >> what? >> the effective use of e-mail. >> oh, for god sakes. that's what they used. effective use of e-mail. i would like the e-mail to see what she said about the conferences. what other things did they learn? >> technical legal things. >> like what? do you remember? >> working with other people in the office, that kin of thing. >> that's insane. we, the american people learned to pay for the lawyers to work with others in the office. we paid $2.4 million for this? >> the urs says they have cut down on expenses, but we've heard that before. >> but, see, that's the horrible thing. we have new guidelines. why do you need guidelines to know that's wrong? are they that inept or immoral to know they shouldn't have catered dinners by celebrity chefs. >> they went too far. clearly they can get together and have a conference, they have to be reasonable and not have open bars and that sort of thing

catered by wolfgang puck, it featured employees dressed as olympic athletes, complete with torches, whichense, if they were in an olympic event for ripping you off, they would get the gold. the michael phelps of bleeding you dry. the torch has been transferred from the irs to you. and the light is no longer cast on your income every aprbut on . it would be a shame to let that flame die, what is accountability without punishment or change. the irs collecting more money than ever, spending it on stuff a drunken frat boy wouldn't buy, all with your money. lavish parties reveal arrogance and care free mockery of your helplessness. that's the largest monopolized collection agency and they laugh as you hope they never come knocking. last week, we may have lost the great james gandolfini, but tony soprano lives on. only you can put him behind bars. bob, is it the less n that conferences should be the first to go? >> if i were head of a department or agency, i would send a memo, all conferences on the second floor in the cafeteria. and you know, here is the thing. they're combing through every ir

some included hors d'oeuvres an open bar a dinner kate at the aquarium catered by wolfgang puck. >> let me tell you what conference i went to irs lawyer it was in florida it was in cinder block buildings no air-conditioning. there were no frills. my how times have changed. >> in response to these accusations and others about misusing credit cards wasteful spending cannot be tolerated and any employees found abusing the system will be held accountable. more to come on this. back to you. >>> elizabeth pran, thank you so much. >> now an extreme weather alert another show of severe weather marching through the midwest and the northeast bringing heavy rain and flash flooding. >> heat waves and storms are threatening millions of people from chicago to new york. maria molina is here with details. talking to friends of mine in the midwest they talked about how much rain has been coming down. >> the same storm system we have been talking about it for days has been producing showers and storms across areas of the midwest. i have good news and bad news. it is finally on the move. you have to deal

number three, wolfgang puck, the only chef on the list out to have his own show who earned $20 millionaurants andpots and pan line. number two, racel rate, the only one of the listed as not of a restaurant but is still going strong with her daytime talk-show. continues to be the food networ her cook bks, magazines, and its online help break-in 25 million. the number one highest paid celebrity chef, y will not guess this, gordonamsey. may be better known for his body mouth on his three prime-te shows. two dozen restaurants, buu they helped him earn $38 million. interesting. ybe i can make a little life chge year. still to come, warning for a of you before you head to the beach. find out which spots you should avoid. futures coming up next. ♪ ♪ gerri: getting ready for the beach, you might want to stick around and find out ♪ gerri: summer is here, and that means pulling up the sunscre and frisbee in hitting the beach before you take on the surf and sand. listen to our next guest of the word to travel. here to break it down, senior attorney at the natural resources defense council. ank yo

they made changes to wolfgang puck's book, it is called "i hate mexicans."hat do you think of that, guillermo? >> it is crazy. >> jimmy: and the supreme court handed down the decision on the marriage. until today it was defined as a contract between one man, one woman and the producers of "the bachelor" but that is no longer the case. in one move, they struck down the marriage act that benefits couples. every person must spend at least one year in the same-sex marriage. the supreme court also considered proposition 8 which banned same-sex marriage here in california. the court ruled they didn't have the right to repeal the reversal last year. which means once again same-sex marriage will be legal in this state. the only catch is gays will be required to use straight wedding planners. there is a lot of news coverage of the rulings today. but the best news is on Ñifox.c. the picture today on foxnews.com. really the historic significance -- hey, somebody just told this guy it was free cone day at ben and jerry's. not only was the ruling a major victory this cou

you don't need wolfgang puck chef at an irs conference.e with the may money is used, you can't president evidence for a gran jury to see whether they are criminal violations. the attorney general of the united states does it or a special prosecutor, so far, i haven't seen a huge appetite on the part of the attorney general. but are you in favor of a special prosecutor. if so, when? >> not yet. there may be a time for that. the reason i say not yet, i want congress to do its job, to do its oversight. we owe our constituents, har working taxpayers, that we'll get to the bottom of this, bring trancepartisancy and accountability to the agency and rest of government after we completed this investigation and come up with evidence of criminal wrongdoing, that's the appropriate time to turn it over to authorities and have a special prosecutor. i don't want to preempt an investigation. we want to show the constituents, people of this country, what happen, and to have trancepartisancy. we tonight want to sweep it off the table. we want to get to the

that included a celebrity chef wolfgang puck and a get together at the georgia aquarium.t the dance video. what do you think? should lois lerner be called back to testify? do you believe she stepped over the line when she took the fifth and said she was innocent? bill: issa was with us the other day and he pretty much said she'll come back. he says she waived her right to plead the fifth. well over 70% of americans we talked to look at this thing and go after it. martha: that will be interesting when she comes back. bill: another fox news alert. there is a leak investigation reaching the highest level of the armed forces. the former second highest ranking officer in the u.s. military, retired four star general james cartwright, he's the target after criminal leak investigation including a top secret cyber attack involving tehran. kt macfarland, a national security analyst with me now. he's the target of this investigation. give us the facts. >> if the fbi says you are a target of an investigation that means they have reason to believe that you know a lot about a crime tha

we have a conference in atlanta which has wolfgang puck catered costing two point $4 million. we have a conference in anaheim california. conference in philadelphia, $2.9 million, a conference in san diego, $4.1 million. thousand. -- $135,000 per speaker. the iressa paid for the deputy commissioner to save five nights in the presidential suite. you pay $17,000 to his beaker to create paintings of on no -- bono and others. we hear a reports of crony contracting. a person whose business had less than 250 thousand dollars in income the prior year is getting awarded a $500 million contract. 2010-2012, you had 200 25 conferences costing $49 million. let me put this in perspective for you. i represent a town in wisconsin hear it a little less than 7000 people live there. it is a great village. the village is basically a blue- collar town. people work at the tractor factory. it is surrounded by corn fields and teen fields and lots of small businesses. it took more than 100% of the federal taxes aid by the working 225,000 to pay for the -- 225 comments as you spent at conferences. tha

in just two months we have got a conference in the land of which had the celebrity chef wolfgang puck and we have a conference of $4.1 million, a conference in philadelphia $2.9 million, a conference in san diego 4.1 million. one of these u.s. $135,000 for 15 speakers. that's $9,000 per speaker. the irs paid for the deputy commissioner to stay five nights in the presidential suite at the hotel during one of these conferences. you paid $17,000 to the speaker to create paintings of bono, abraham lincoln and others. we hear the report of contracting between the improper relationship between an onerous contractor and a person who is -- whose business had less than two entered $50,000 of income in the prior year is getting awarded a 500 million-dollar contract. between 2010 and 2012, you had to under 25 conferences costing $49 million. let me see if i can put this in perspective for you. i represent a town of wisconsin. a little less than 7,000 people live there. it's a great village. the village is basically a blue-collar town. people work at the factory. the work of the se johnson factor

they had $140 dinners, fancy wine wolfgang puck catered it. fancy hors d'oeuvres, open bar.cost -- it was incredibly expensive. now that we look back at this, it's funny, michele bachmann said i don't recall having these sorts of perks and lavish atmosphere when i was at the i.r.s. listen to what she had to say. >> let me tell you about one conference i went to when i was an i.r.s. lawyer. it was in florida and it was in august. it was in cinder block buildings. there was no air conditioning. there were no frills. my, how times have changed. it's a very different culture obviously over there now. >> employees are taking a government credit card and they know what they're doing and they're putting purchases on a government credit card for wine, for pornography? anybody knows that's wrong. that's why, yes, we are under the realm of criminal. remember, these are the enforcers of the law. when it comes to the i.r.s., the taxpayer is guilty until they prove themselves innocent. >>steve: such a good point, because the i.r.s. has unquestioned authority over us, and yet who has had